Shane "Rooster" Bacchus, a homeless man living in Myrtle Beach, takes a drink from his water bottle at the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Bacchus said he will be sleeping in a truck during Hurricane Florence when it hits this weekend. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Daniel Dillion walks down the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade with his daughter Alexis, 5, and wife Mary on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Dillon said he and his family chose to stay for Hurricane Florence. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Randy and Carolyn Hardee ride down the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Randy said they would have left Myrtle Beach if Hurricane Florence was a category 4, but chose to stay after it had been downgraded. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Shane "Rooster" Bacchus, a homeless man in Myrtle Beach, talks about his plan to stay in a truck during Hurricane Florence at the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Steve Forsythe ties down the sails of his boat as he prepares for Hurricane Florence on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at Lightkeepers Marina in North Myrtle Beach. Steve and his wife Jill will be going back home to Akron, Ohio after they're done securing their boat. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Billy and Stacy Prince and their dog Dixie begin packing up their vehicles to evacuate their North Myrtle Beach home on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Billy Prince, who grew up in the area, said he stayed for past hurricanes but didn't want to take the risk with Hurricane Florence. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Eric an Barbara Coates prepare their boat for Hurricane Florence at the Lightkeepers Marina in North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. The couple said they will be staying for the hurricane and will be monitoring the docks from their nearby condo. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Steve Forsythe ties down the sails of his boat as he prepares for Hurricane Florence on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Steve and his wife Jill will be going back home to Akron, Ohio after they're done securing their boat. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Masten Cloer prepares his boat for Hurricane Florence at the Lightkeepers Marina in North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Cloer, who lives in North Carolina, said he drove down to protect his new boat and will be staying in it during the hurricane. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Eric an Barbara Coates prepare their boat for Hurricane Florence at the Lightkeepers Marina in North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. The couple said they will be staying for the hurricane and will be monitoring the docks from their nearby condo. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Masten Cloer prepares his boat for Hurricane Florence at the Lightkeepers Marina in North Myrtle Beach on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Cloer, who lives in North Carolina, said he drove down to protect his new boat and will be staying in it during the hurricane. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Glenn Hughey and his wife Mary enjoy a nearly vacant beach at Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit coastal areas in South and North Carolina. Hughey said they live just outside of the mandatory evacuation area in Myrtle Beach and will ride out the storm. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Randy Abercrombie of Lexington, S.C. fishes on the Second Avenue Pier in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Abercrombie and his family came to Myrtle Beach for vacation but will be evacuating ahead of Hurricane Florence's arrival. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Candace Williams looks for seashells at Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the area. Williams and her family are still waiting to see how Hurricane Florence progresses, but will most likely leave if it is expected to be a category 3 storm by the time it hits Myrtle Beach. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Randy Abercrombie of Lexington, S.C. fishes on the Second Avenue Pier in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Abercrombie and his family came to Myrtle Beach for vacation but will be evacuating ahead of Hurricane Florence's arrival. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Lee Dorton, owner of Infused Olive in North Myrtle Beach, boards up the windows of his business on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the South and North Carolina coasts. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Eric Oakley of North Myrtle Beach fills up his moving truck hours before the official evacuation begins on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Oakley said he and his family will be evacuating their home. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

North Myrtle Beach resident Shaun Laughlin puts together a generator in his garage on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 as he prepares for Hurricane Florence's arrival later this week. Laughlin says he will ride out the storm at his mother-in-law's house. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Don Ludemann boards up the windows of his second home in North Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the South and North Carolina coasts. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

David Fries of North Myrtle Beach fills up his vehicle on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the coast of North and South Carolina. Fries said he will be staying at his home with his pets, but his wife and mother in law will be evacuating. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

Don Ludemann boards up the windows of his second home in North Myrtle Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, days before Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the South and North Carolina coasts. JOSH MORGAN/Staff

MYRTLE BEACH – Sitting on the Myrtle Beach boardwalk not far from his bike, Shane Nur Bacchus shrugged at the danger of being homeless with a hurricane predicted to arrive down the coast sometime Friday.

"I heard it simmered down to a (Category) 2," he said.

Known locally as "Rooster" because of his wavy blonde mohawk, Bacchus describes himself as a celebrity on the Grand Strand. He arrived, he said, in 2012, and was born in British Guyana.

He wore shorts and an unbuttoned Army fatigue jacket Thursday afternoon as he considered his next moves with life-threatening storm surge and flood-inducing rainfall due to arrive within hours.

It helps, he said, that he is known by local police.

"If it was going to be super dangerous, I would say, 'Hey, it's me. I'm drunk,'" Bacchus said. "They would take me to the jailhouse."

Shane "Rooster" Bacchus, a homeless man in Myrtle Beach, talks about his plan to stay in a truck during Hurricane Florence at the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Promenade on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.(Photo: JOSH MORGAN/Staff)